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lIIIIURSUANT to an Order of the Lord High 4 Chancellor of Great Britain, made in the matter of HARRY BULPETT, a Lunatic, the Creditors of the said HARRY BULPETT, who lately resided at Old Alresford, in the County of Hants, are, on or before the 12th (lay of March next, to come in and prove their debts before Sir GirFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the High Court of Chancery, at his Chambers in Southampton buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; or in default thereof they will peremptorily be excluded the benefit of the said Order. HER MAJESTY'S MAILS by STEAM to VIGO, OPORTO, LISBON, CADIZ, GIBRALTAR, MALTA, GREECE, THE lONIAN ISLANDS, EGYPT, and INDIA. THE CITY of LONDONDER.ItYvviI! start from off EAST LANE STAIRS on THURSDAY, 15th February, at Three o'Clock, r.m., and from Falmouth, en MeNnAr, 19th February. The PENINSULAR PACKETS start weekly as above, being t*et by her Majesty's Packets at Gibraltar. Further particulars may be obtained on application at the Penia aular Steam Navigation Offices, 51, St. Mary Axe. WILLCOX and ANDERSON, Managers. No. 14,173. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, PR ICE sd. LONGFORD ELECTION COMMIT TEE.-(THIS DAY.) FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. ELECTION COMMITTEES. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, The Committee mot this morning at Eleven o'Clock, when Mr Sgt. SPANKIC announced that his clients, the petitioners, had come to the resolution of withdrawing from the contest. Although there were 130 votes wholly unaffected by the decisions which had taken place, yet some deductions would necessarily take place, and probably leave them still minus, and therefore they did not wish to speculate on the chance of striking off that number. After a few remarks from Mr. Tnasstu Ea, the room was cleared, and On our readmission, the CiIAIRMAN said the Committee had come to the following resolutions :-- " That Luke White and Henry White are duly elected Knights of the Shire, to serve in the present Parliament for the county of Longford. " That the opposition of Barry, Fox, and others does not appear to the Committee to be a frivolous or vexatious opposition. " That the opposition to the said petition is not frivolous or vexatious. The Committee had also (the Chairman said) agreed to a special report, to the effect that although they had come to a unanimous decision, they could not but regret the conflicting decisions of previous committees,and wished to call the particular attention of the House to the subject, in the hope that it would direct its attention to a matter of such pressing importance. DUCHY OF LANCASTER, FE8..12,_1q3i. The Queen has been this day pleased to appoint William Blun• dell, of Crosby Hall, Esq., to be Sheriff of the County Palatine oi Lancaster for the year ensuing. - (Continued from our First Edition of yesterday.) IPSWICH ELECTION COMMITTEE. After hearing witnesses and Counsel, the Committee de cided on retaining the vote. The Liberal party then objected to the vote of Mr. H. Fonnereau (son of the Rev. 11. C. Fonnereau, of Chrit church), who claimed in respect of the personate house be longing to his father, the Tory Rector of St. Margaret's. W. H. Fonnereau had resided in this house for some years ; but it was alleged that he had left it sometime previous to the month of June last, and that on the death of the late King, in the expec:ation of an election, he had put his servant in, for the purpose of setting up a colourable ,. occupation, i n or d er to claim the right of voting in respect of The evidence, and speeches of Counsel, in this case, oceu, pied the time of the Committee till four o'clock. They had just ordered the room to be cleared, that they might deliberate on their decision, when it was announced Mr. Speaker was at prayers. HOUSE OF LORDS, Fla:. 13. The LOUD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at five minutes past Five o'clock. Tho Earl of DURII ANI presented petitions from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Councilmen of Hull, the in. habitants of Sunderland, the inhabitants of Dumflies, and the inhabitants of Hammersmith, praying for Vote by Ballot. Lord ELLENBOROUGH moved the Order of the Day for the House going into a Committee on tho Common Fields Bill, for tile purpose of postponing it till Tuesday next. Lord STANHOPE presented a petition from the inhabi tants of Huddersfield, praying their Lordships to take into consideration the ease of the Glasgow Cotton-spinner, and that the House would be pleased to hear their two leading Counsel at the bar. E CONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, rittablihed in 19E8. The LONVIIST RATES that entitle to a participation in profits. Three-fourths applied every fifth year in reduction of Premium, or inerease of Sum assured. The Bonus at the last division averaged 16 per emit. en the Premium paid. Offiet, 84, Bridge-street, 13Iackfriars. JOHN KNOWLES, Resident Director. WHITEHALL, FEB. 12. The Queen has been pleased to approve of the StafTurishire Re giment of Yeomanry Cavalry bring stylA " The Queen's Own Royal Regiment." WHITEHALL, FEB. 9. The Lord ChancellDr has appointed George Gem, of Birming ham, Gentleman ; Pilfold Aledwin, of Horsham, in the County of Sussex, Gentleman ; Charles Jones, of Alcester, in the County of Warwick, Gentleman ; and William James Hobbes, of Stratford upon-Avon, in the County of 'Warwick, Gentleman, to be Masters Lxtraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. KLEWIS, upon his retirement from Business, • begs to return his sincere thanks to the Nobility and Gentry for the liberal patronage with which he has been honoured for the last twenty-five years, and at the same time to offer his remaining STOCK of PLATE, Superior PLATED GOODS, CLOCKS, WATCHES, &c., at considerably under cost prices, for immediate cash, or approved bills only. The valuable premises to be sold, with early possession, with or without the goodwill. No. 22, St. James's-street. BANKRUPTS. FAMILY OUTFITTING ESTABLISHMENT. UTFITS for LADIES, GENTLEMEN, and FAMILIES, suitable for all Climates, are supplied by THRESHER and CO., next to Somerset House, Strand. The goods are uniformly of the best description, and strongly recom mended for durability and comfort, particularly their very superior manufacture of ELASTIC STOCKING, in Silk, Cotton, and Merino ; also Under-Waistcoats, Drawers, Flannels, &c. WRITERS, CADETS, ASSISTANT-SURGEONS, and GENTLEMEN in general, may procure detailed Lists of the Ar tieles necwary for an OUTFIT, with every particular, at 152, Strand, next Somerset House. CONTRACT FOR WORKS. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that the Directors will meet at their Offieo in Bristol, on TUESDAY, the 20th of February, at One o'clock, to receive TENDERS for the EXECUTION of the fol lowing WORKS:— BOX TUNNEL, CONTRACT No. 4.—The excavation and completion of both lengths of the Tunnel, to be worked east and west from Shaft No. G, forming a total length of about 1,375 feet. CONTRACT No. s.—Tlw excavation and completion of four leugths of the Tunnel to be worked east and west from the two Shafts, Nos. 4an 5, and forming a total length of about 2,400 feet. CONTRACT No 6.—The excavation :Rd completion of four lengths of the Tunnel, from Shafts No. 2 and 3 : and forming a total length of about 2,400 feet. All these portions of the Tunnel, it is expected will be princi pally through Bath stone and marl, and free from water. The permanent shafts being completed, Contractors can examine the material. Drawings and Specifications of the above Contracts will be exhi bited, and the printed forms of tender may be had at the Company's Office, Corn-street, Bristol, and Princes-street, Bank, London, So and after Monday the 29th of January, 1834. The Directors will not consider themselves bound to accept the lowest 'render, and they expect the several parties to attend at the Office, Corn-street, Bristol, at Twelve o'clock on Tuesday, the 20th of February. C. A. SAUNDERS, THOS. OSLER, Secretaries. Corn -street, Bristol, Jan. 22, 1838. CAUTION. ADVERTISEMENTS having appeared calcu lated to (and which may perhaps) mislead the Trade, MORDAN and CO., in justice to the Public, beg to inform the Trade generally, that their Business is Conducted (as it has been for the last Fifteen Years) solely by S. MORDAN, at 22, Castle -street, Finsbury. To prevent inconvenience, see that each Article bears the name of " S. MORDAN and Co., London," — upon the quality of which alone they are responsible. Attention to the above will ensure the Pencil that will stand to its work, and Leads of the proper size. P, S.—The ingenious, and Admirers of Machinery, are invited to inspect their Manufactory, where a great variety of ether useful inventions may be seen. N. 8.-..5. MORDAN will be most happy to advise persons taking out Patents for New Inventions, as to the best mode of ma aufacturing and laying the same before the Trade. STRANGER'S FRIEND SOCIETY, insti tuted in 1785, for Visiting and Relieving the Sick and Distressed Poor at their own habitations, in London and its vicinity. In consequence of the continued severity of the season, the Com mittee are agaiu induced to make an appeal to the sympathies of the Christian public in behalf of those who are suffering from disease and destitution. The limits of an advertisement will not permit a de tail of the numerous and painful instances of distress to which the attention of the visitors have been galled during the past month. Upwards of 1000 eases are now on the hooks, and investigated *eekly by 300 gratuitous agents. The following Subscriptions and Donations received since their tst appeal, are thankfully acknowledged, together with a few ',Taller sums, which will appear in the Annual Report : ,„cliptai n C. H. Swinburne £5 o)Mrs. AI. and C. C., by t: Walters, Esq r lf: Ware 2 0 Right Hon. Lord Skel he Hon. Col. Arden 2 0 mcrsdale. 2d donation 5 0 Sir R. Vyvyan, Bart. ,M. P. , T. L. 2 0 F. It . s . 2O 0 1 E. E. W., by Mr. Clarke 3 0 H. Vaughan, Esq. L. EKtise, Esq. .. ...... ...25 0 Hon. Mrs. Abercrombie 5 0 R. Barclay, Jun., Esq 2 2 Mrs. Brackenbury,Rarthby '• C., by Messrs. Ham- Hall 5 0 Inersley Lady A . ,by Wm. Harvey 5 Oj b. Subscriptions and ontions re ceived b Toma Farmer, "1., Treasurer, G D unner a sburv, a and re 18, Lond y on- h wall ; s Mr. 11. Clarke, 52, New Bond-street, and Mr. William Cooper, 104, Wood-street, Cheapside, Secretaries : Mr. J. Haley, Assistant Secretary, SocSociiety's Office, 18, London-wall ; Messrs. Hoare, bankers to the ety, Fleet-street; Messrs. Currie, 29, Corn- Z1ill; Messrs. Whitmore. Wells, and Co., Lembard-street ; Messrs. Hammersley, Pall Mall ; Messrs. Drummonde, Charing 7°,a ; Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co , 13irchin-lane ; Messrs. shley and Son, Regent-street ; Messrs. Coutte and Co., 62, Stra n d ; Messrs. Saunders and Banning, Fleet-street ; Messrs. Batehards, Piccadilly ; Mr. Nisbet, Berners-street ; and Mr. W. attnii Si, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields. .honors whose addresses are not known, and to whom Reports have therefore not been sent, are respectfully requested to make ap plication for thorn to the Secretaries, or at the Society's Office. MARKETS.-(TIIIS DAY ) CORN EXCHANGE. There are good arrivals reported to-day both of Grain and Flour. t here is n o t muc h doing in the Wheat trade, as the quality is chiefly in ferior; fine parcels firmly maintain their value. Barley continues very dull, Beans and Pease remain co last reported. The Oat trade is firm as the weather continued frosty. The sale of Flour is slow at last quoted Men, ARRIVALS. Whoat. Barley. Oats. •r a h kor • elan NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. . 1(111 e1 Meat of all kinds in good supply to-day, trade brisk and prices higher_ Beef, 2s. 411. to 3s. 6d. ; Mutton, 2s. Bd. to 3s. 6d. ; Veal, 4s 4d to ss. 4d. ; Pork, 4s. to ss. ; Irish, 3s. 4d. to 3s Bd. Game and Poultry in very good supply, and secured a brisk trade. The O nly deviation in prices from Saturday, is In Guinea Fowls, which are 6d. each, lower. Eggs lower, 6s. 6d. to 9s. per 120, being the price. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. The supply today much less than ye_terday, and prices higher. Ter isot s s. to 215.; Soles 9d. to 2s. 6d. per pair; Lobsters Is. to Ss. ; Cod, good, 71. to 125., and higher; Salmon, a little at market, price 2s. 6d. Der lb.; Whitings 4d. to Bd. and 10d. each. PROVISION MARKET. All fine qualifies of Irish and Foreign Witter may be quoted lg. higher than last week. HOP AND SEED MARKET. Hops find buyers at the late quotations, and a good business doing in tine Red Clover-seed at former prices. TALLOW MARKET, P. Y. C. secures more business to-day at 495. SPIRIT MARKET. Rum is very firm, but owing to short stocks secures little business. ' l) e stock now is 8,609 puncheons, and 993 hogsheads, which is 2,964 !Vneheons, and 660 hogsheads less than it was at this time last y ear. lier e is a free sale for Brandy, Bordeaux, 2s. sd. to 2s. 7d. ; Cogniac, Spir its 61., which are former prices. English, Scotch. and Irish I)4 its are still Its. Bd. per gallon; Geneva, Is. 10d. to Is. I Id., and in '''' a `'•7 request. COLONIAL MARKETS. ji,hlal I°- daY we have but one pubbc sale, and that of 1,100 bags White Sugar, which sold at about former prices when we left. Mau. I , t • 4 ' Sugar of the superior qualities must be quoted at 6 d. lo wer than t a hr week. Plantation Sugar sells, steadily at previous rate s, and ee (10,8 not appear to be an impression that Raw Sugar will :1 i hi gher. The stock of British Plantation is 12,5 68 lihds. and trs. eh is less by 8,267 than at this time last year. Refined Sugar is L e liv ely, and 395. is the price for tine Crushed. CoMe is rather 2°-. but all kinds are very firm. The Stock of British Plantation is ZA, I ea ‘ks and 959 barrels and bags; Ceylon, 20,132 bags ; Moch a, I bales; Brazil, 33,281 bags, et is in good demand, and prices show a tendency upwards. Spices .1s • 411tir tu. and there is sonic speculation in Pimento. Cocoa fetches Ir idi "" . to 535., for good and fine bright red. Rice, Rum, Cotton, and i r , te ° are all firm. Saltpetre is not so lively as it was. Owing to the • d"uption of conveyance by canal, and the short stocks in the hands part: °t the C o ff ee, S ugar, Ri ce, & c., are now se nt by coac h to different the country from town. The imports are rather increasing. - Is he CANADIAN PRODUCE MARKET. - news td_day has produced but little effect in this Market. Busi is e „ pe m , very sluggizh, but prices firm. The stocks of Timber and Tur -4.1 'fle here are light. Those of Deals and Ashes much about the same a ' t Year at this time. CORN MARKETS. Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. Beans. Pea s e. l ( l , s At e j., chtarter. s. to s. sto s. s. to s. s. to s. s. s. .......... 48 5t 22 28 15 19 2./ 30 r ""gh — 55 28 2. 1 42 55 28 33 2 t OS 28 46 4r .....34 58 'A 50 20 28 NS 40 30 32 ul'hsc'ci!"le - 44 52 21 32 14 23 40 41 35 21 49 lurk ...... - 50 55 :0 at 24 26 3 - 2 00. to Os 50 Per bar tell nO4 KILK EN NY l E T *KI Y . I i gee A l t ( l‘ Pe j rl l ::•• —,•• Os. whe at KILKENNY hae tl)er barrel) 9.05. 31 to 26a. 6d. ................ 6 12 0 °ut .... ........... 6 6 11 44 ( Per bag).... 15 0 31 0 rodlal^l4,:hrct).erewt... 86 0 88 0 1 ......... 33 0 34 0 ~.t .......... 1 1. 1 1 MA RKBTO, Beef (per N..... to N sd. Mutton o6i 0 5 Park Veal Fresh Butter .. 0 I Salt Ditlo Potatoes (per 0 3 PETERSFIELD ELECTION COM MITTEE.-(THIS DAY.) The Committee met for the first time this day at twelve o'clock, the Hon. C. C. CAVENDISH in the Chair. Mr. AusTrs and Mr. COLnvas appeared for the petitioner, and Mr. TRESSIOER and Mr. WORTLEY for the sitting Member. Mr. AUSTIN very briefly opened the case, stating that the number at the election were—for Sir W. Jolliffe, 124 ; and for his client, Mr. Hector, 123; and that the case of the petitioners rested on several voters having lost their qualification. The investigation was then gone into, and two votes (which had been rejected by the Revising Barrister) having been added to the petitioner's poll, the sitting Member retired from the contest, and the Committee declared Mr. Hector to be duly elected. CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The LORD CHANCI3LLOR sat in Lincoln's Inn Hall to-day. IN TILE MATTER OF TURNER, ♦ LUNATIC. This case came before the Court upon the petition of the wife of the Lunatic who had been appointed the committee of his person and estate, praying that certain works In Staffordshire might be sold, that a reference might be directed to the Master, to enquire whether the pen , tioner was entitled to any dower ; an enquiry as to the nature of the se. curities held by certain bankers upon the estates of the Lunatic : and that the order appointing the petitioner the committee of both the per son and estate of the Lunatic, might be varied by making her committee only of his person. Mr. Turner, the lunatic, at the time of his lunacy, carried on three extensive iron works in Staffordshire, which were called the Wilsden, Willington and Kinware Works. The Kinware works were the absolute property of the Lunatic, but the works at Wilsden and Willington, were held by him upon long leases. Under these cir. cumstauces, in December 1837, upon application to the Court his Lord ship made an order of reference to the Master, to enquire whether it would be fit and proper that the works should be sold together with all the machinery, and, if the Master should find that the sale of the works would not be beneficial to the estate of the Lunatic, then he was to ap prove of a proper course for the intermediate management of the property.® The Master made his Report, approvint. of the sale ; but inasmuch as there was no person at present appointed who could sell, he approved of a course of intermediate management. Upon that report being brought under the consideration of the Court, his Lord ship ordered it to be confirmed, and referred it to the Master to appoigt a receiver of the estate, who was to manage the works in the mode pointed out by the Master, and to adopt such other proceedings relative to the disposition of the property as would tend to the benefit of the lunatic's estate. Upon that reference the Master recommended that the receiver should negotiate with the lessors to accept a surrender of the lease, which was done, but no arrangement was come to. With re spect, however, to the freehold property, the bankers at Kidder.. minster, who held the title-deeds of it, had stated that they would put no impediment in the way of its being sold; and under these circumstances the present petition was presented. Mr. BETHELL appeared for the petitioner. His LORNIIIP made the order as prayed by the petition. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) KEA NE V. CORDON, This was an action on two bills of exchange, the acceptances of de. Pendant, which the plaintiff had discounted for a person of the name of Ainslie. The defence was that no consideration had been received, and that the bills were given to Ainslie as a collateral security. it was proved, however, that the bills had passed out of Ainslie's possession, and that the plaintiff had actually given the money for them. Upon this the Court directed a verdict for the plaintiff. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Mary Jones was sent to hard labour for one month on a charge of stealing dell from a stand in Clare-court, which was in the care of a little girl, who instantly gave information to her brother of the theft, and the prisoner was captured with the articles in her possession only a few yards from the door. Eliza Macarthey, a notorious smasher, was ordered to be remanded till Monday next, to be identified by the officers of the Mint, on a charge of attempting to pass a counterfeit half.crown upon Mrs. Mary Donnellan for drink which had been supplied to her at the Grapes public-house, Little Earl-street, Seven Dials. There was a man in company with the prisoner at the time the uttering took place, hut he thought it the better way to escape than to hazard an examination. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, FEB. 13.—Wind E., moderate.—Arrived and proceeded for the River, the Dwinas, Christopher, from Limerick ; Montreal, Griffin, from New York ; and Caleb Angas, Lawrence, from Honduras. Came down from the River and proceeded, the Branken Moor, for Mauritius. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. I3.—Wind E., fine.—Arrived the Royal George, from St. Michael's. Arrived off port, the Gladiator, Britten, from New York. Sailed the Westminster, Moore, for New York ; and Gladiator, Britten, for London. PLYMOUTH, Fan. 12.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived her Majesty's ship Pantaloon (cruiser) ; Elizabeth, Frost, from Ascension, leaky. Sailed her Majesty's ship Aligator, Cape of Good Hope, speaking French frigate Terpischore, on the 6th instant, bound to Brest, twelve fee' water in hold, and with difficulty kept afloat by the Elizabeth. FaLstorrn, pea. 12.—Wind N. to S.E., fresh breezes, with snow and showers.—Arrived the Hobe, Warren, from Smyrna, leaky ; Diton, Lefeuvre, from Messina ; George the Fourth, Gales, from Waterford, with los► of topmast and bowsprit. Sailed the Braganza (steamer), M`Leod, for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, and Gibraltar. Spoken with—The Russian ship Pellux, on the Sth intt., off Scilly, by the Diton. LIVERPOOL, FEB. t3.—Wind S.S.E., moderate.—Arrived the Emily, Wardle, from Aricati; Europe, 31arshall, from New York. Off port the American, from New Orleans. -LISTINGS, FEE. 13.—Arrived off port the Finlator, Rccd, from the Mauritius. COWES, FEB. 13.—Arrived the Medea, Dazcl, fYom Rio Janeiro; Trio, Borg, from Buenos Ayres. DUBLIN, FEB. 12.—Arrived she William Huskisson steamer, from London. YARMOUTH ROADS, FEB. 12 . — Arrived the Concordia, from Seville. The Amelia, Hutchinson, from Newcastle, put into Bermuda, and is discharging her cargo, bound to Phlalelphia. _ . The Queen of the Isles, from Barbadoos to Indian Island, Is con demn, d at Nassau. The Hannah, from Cardiff, put into Dartmouth, with damage, bound to Constantinople. The funeral of the late Thomas Creevey, Esq., Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital, took plaCe on Monday, at noon, at the Royal Hospital. The following were amongst the gentlemen that followed :—Duke of Norfolk, Rear Ad miral Sir T. M. Hardy, Hon. and Rev. J. Vane, Hon. Colonel Molyneux, W. Vizard, Esq., E. H. Locker, Esq., G. Tier ney, Esq., &c. DAMASCUS AND PALMYRA, A JOURNEY TO THE EAST; WITH A SKETCH OF THE STATE AND PROSPECTS OP STRIA UNDER IBRAHIM PASHA. By C. G. ADDISON, ESQ., OF THE INNER Taxiren.—Of all the grand and mysterious re mains of antiquity, not even excepting those of Thebes, none are so marvellous and exciting to the imagination as the ruins of Palmyra, the once magnificent city of the Syrian desert, and capital of the Oriental world. Attractive, however, as are these splendid monuments of ancient greatness, few modern travellers have had the hardihood to visit them. They are remote from tile habitable world—the path to them lies across the burning and toilsome desert, and the Bedouin Arabs are not always safe guides or companions. But disregarding all difficulties and dangers, tile present writer has journeyed to the spot, resided there, and made copious notes of the wonders by which he was surrounded. His description of the place is accordingly the host and most minute yet given to the European reader. The other portions of Mr. Addison's book, such as those which treat of Damascus, Turkey, and Greece, and of tile state and prospects of Syria under Ibrahim Pasha, are worthy of deep attention.—W e cordially recommend these vo lumes to general perusal.—Naual and Military Gazette. ROYSTON GOWER ; OR, THE DAIS OF KING JOIN. By Thomas Miller, Author of " A Day in the Woods." We should hope w e have but few readers who will not con trive to read this extraordinary production, the work of one of the million ; but, in conception, embodiment, and execution, fit to stand the severest test criticism can apply to it. It is a l e gitimate romance of the sch oo l o f S cott, and is fraught with all the interest a brilliant narration o f start li ng d ee d s, an d t h e grap hi c portraiture of the most conspicuous characters in a ro mantic age can impart to it. The a c hi evements o f R o bi n Hood and his daring fellows in Sherwood Forest, form tile leading incidents. King John, Langton, the emissaries of the Pope, the turbulent barons, ladies, knights, and squires, and all the concomitants of feudal grandeur and barbaric pomp, are brought in with masterly skill, and made to contri bute to the filling up of one of the most interesting pl o t s in modern fiction. We have no hesitation in asserting that Mr. Miller's book will create a sensation in the reading circles un known since the publication of " Ivanhoe. " Weekly Chronicle, MEMOIRS OF HOLT, THE CELEBRATED IRISH REBEL GENERAL.—Thi s extraordinary autobiography is a romance of real life- The hero's adventures arc as remarkable as any to be met with in the most approved fiction; of other days, with the additional attraction of truth, to rivet the atten tion an d excite the interest of their re a d ers. We have seldom perused memoirs more interesting or m ore i nstruetiye, and we stronglyourliterary tt recommend rary a pcfnsal of this ad m i ra bl e pu b l i cation to all friends. We sincerely comp li ment the editor and puiilisher on the utility of the production they h ave is sued. If books lase this were more fr equent l y sent forth ti the world we venture to prophesy that publisher, author, and audielice with the ape ! itiorgync, leave ample reason be'satiage:i JOHN WATSON and JAMES WATSON, linen -drapers, Crawford -street, Bryanstone-square, to surrender Feb. 23 and March 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, I3a singhall-street, official assignee ; Lythgoe and Martin, Essex street, Strand. JAMES INGLIS, merchant, Basinghall-street, Feb. 23 and March 27, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit more, Basinghall-street, official assignee. Allen and Nicol, Queen street, Cheapside. FRANCIS DEAKIN, timber-merchant, Warwick, Feb. 19, and March 27, at eleven, at I)ee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Richards and Motteram, and James, Birmingham ; Church, Bed ford-row, London. JOHN MOORE and EDWARD RAISBECK, iron -founders, Thornhill Le'es Forge, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, Feb. 21, and Mich 27, at eleven, at the Royal Hotel, Dewsbury. Jaques, Battye, and Edwards, Ely-place, Holborn, London; Watts, Dewsbury. PETER WOOLLEY, tailor, Ross, Herefordshire, Feb. 23, and March 27, at twelve, at the King's Head Hotel, Ross. Smith, Son, and Merriman, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury, London; Hall, Ross. EDWARD DYBALL, gun maker, Norwich, Feb. 26, at eleven, and March 27, at nine, at the Castle Inn, Norwich. Taylor, Sharpe, and Field, Bedford-row, London ; Barlow, Birmingham ; Dalrym ple, Norwich. JOHN THOMAS TWELLS, draper, Tamworth, Stafford shire, Feb. 22, and March 27, at twelve, at the King's Arms Inn, Tamworth. Parker, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. FREDERICK PARKER, upholsterer, Northampton, March 2 and 7, at ten, at the Peacock Inn, Northampton. Blackstock, Bunce, Vincent, and Sherwood, Inner Temple, London ; Cooke, Northampton. HENRY HORTON COOPER, wharfinger, Stafford, Feb. 20 and March 27, at eleven, at the Stork Hotel, Birmingham. Whitehouse, Chancery-lane, London ; Holland, Westbromwich, Stafford. THOMAS JENKINS, maltster, Brecon, March 9 and 27, at twelve, at the Castle Hotel, Brecon, Watkins, Brecon Gregory and Son, Clement's-inn, London. HENRY RICHARD WARREN, brewer, Liverpool, Feb. 27 and March 27, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Mallaby, Liverpool; Westmacott, Gray's-inn, London. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. W. Greenwood, linen-draper, Farringdon-street, March 2, at half-past eleven—R. Phcnev, law bookseller, Fleet -street, March 2, at twelve—S. Tipper, paper-manufacturer, Llandogo, Monmouth. shire, March 3, at half-past twelve—J. D ra bl e, axletree-maker, Kent-street, Surrey, Xiarch 3, at eleven —J. Brandon, broker, Fenchurch-street, March 3, at twelve—W. Bailey, sen., and W. Bailey, jun., curriers, Whitecross-street, March 5, at half-past eleven—W. Jones, carpenter, Wigmore-street, Marylebone, March 7, at eleven—R. Hutchinson, sen., and R. Hutchinson, jun., cur riers, Minories, March 8, at twelve—S. Stuart, milliner, Pall mall, March 8, at one—G. Cradock, chemist, Store-street, Bed ford-square, March 8, at eleven. - In the Country. J. Armstrong, tin-plate-worker, Cambridge, March 16, at eleven, at the Red Lion Inn, Petty Curry--W. Housman, scrivener, New Sarum, Wiltshire. March 3, at eleven, at the Red Lion Inn, New Sarum—T. Emsley, worsted-stuff-manufacturer, Great Horton, Yorkshire, March '2, at twelve, at the Court-house, Bradford— J. Forster and Co. ' bankers, Carli s le, M arc h 9. a t t we l ve , a t the Crown and Mitr e , Carlisle—J. Palmer, sen., and T. T. Barker, cotton-doublers, Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, March 8, at eleven, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham—W. F. Haines, sur geon, Leamington, Sept. 3, at twelve, at' Dee's Royal Hotel, Bir mingham—R. Reynolds and Co., bill-brokers, Leeds, March 2, at twelve, at the Court-house, Leeds—R. Cornea, ironmonger, Ash ton-under-Lyne, Feb. 27, at eleven, at Dee's Royal Hotel—J. Thomas, saddlers' iron Monger, Walsall, Staffordshire, March 3 at twelve, at the George . Hotel, Walsall—L. M'Kev, merchant Dublin, March 12, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Man _ chester—J. Lingford, ironmonger, Nottingham, March 6, at eleven, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham—R. Carr, butcher' Headington, Oxfordshire, March 8, at ten, at the Mitre Inn, Ox. ford—J. Dale, Wisbech St. Peters, Cambridgeshire, March 12, a eleven, at the Duke's Head Inn, King's Lynn, Norfolk—S. Lloyd calico printer, Manchester, March 0, at three, at the Commis missioners' Room, Manchester—R. Graves, rope manufacturer, Liverpool, March 6, at eleven, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool —J. Johnstone, grocer, Newport, Monmouthshire, March 14, at two, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol—N. G oug h, cotton spinner, Salford,' Lancashire, March 10, at e l even , a t th e Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester—J. Peake and I'. Hall, ironmongers, Lich field, Feb. 28, at twelve, at the Old Crown Inn, Lichfield— A. W. Collard, merchant, Liverpool, March 8, at one, at the Cla rendon Rooms, Liverpool—P. Gans, cotton spinner, Manchester, March 12, at one, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester-- T. Preston, draper, Manchester, March 7, at eleven, at the Com missioners' Rooms, Manchester. CERTIFICATES, Ma act' 2. W. Mole, brassfounder, Birmingham—W. M. Stubbs, scrivener, Knaresborough, Yorkshire—T. Underwood, stationer, Birming ham—M. Smith, druggist, Liverpool—T. Woods and J. Dowden, cabinet-makers, Portsmouth—S. Smith, farmer, Pedmore, Wor cestershire—J. Sheppard, wine -merchant, Lower Grosvenor-street, Grosvernor-square—R. Weatherall, ironmonger, Manchester —J. W. Eiger, baker, Cambridge —W. Shuard, timber-dealer, Speteh ley, Worcestershire. MARCH 6.—G. Hall and J. H. Bryant, stationers, Bath —J. Attwood, china manufacturer, Newtown, Staffordshire—J. Savage, licensed victualler, Circus-street--B. W. Pike, fancy paper stainer, New Gloucester-place, Hoxton—'f. Higgins, jun., watch maker, Gloucester—R. Palfrey, fringe manufacturer, Wardour_ street, Oxford-street—J. Llewellyn, draper, Carmarthen. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. _ _ _ L. R. Fenwick de Porquet and E. Cooper, lavistock-street, Covent-garden—J. W. and C. Adlard, printers, Bartholomew. close—A. Brierley and Co., cotton-spinners, Rochdale, Lanca shire--J. Winstanley, jun., and G. Gouthwaite, wine -merchants, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—R. Birtwhistle and T. Mitchell, wine merchants, Skipton, Yorkshire—J. and G. Waddell, cutlers, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham—J. Nimmo and Co., brewers, Castle Eden, Durham—S. Dunn and I. Hattersley, Barnsley, Yorkshire —R. and 'l'. Geake, cabinet-makers, Yeovil, Somersetshire—J. Sheppard and Co., wollen-drapers, Exeter—W. and H. Hew et son, drapers, Kendal, Westmoreland—J. Russell and B. Jones, brickitycrs, Stafford—R. and W. Burton, farmers, Seacroft, York shire—H. and J. B. Job, linen-drapers, Truro—J. Wilkinson and J. Atkinson, ' London—C. Jones and Co., milliners Oxford- s t ree t —J. Smith and W. Kay, paper-makers, Throstle•Nest Paper Mills, near Manchester—G. Stockdale and W. Dawson, common brewers, Salford, Lancashire—J. Lawton and W. W. Smith, common brewers, I3rotherton, Yorkshire—J. Bird and Co., builders, Leicester—J. llobbs and -G. Hawkins, cabinet-makers, Goswell street—R. and J. Benbow, timber-metchants, Liverpool—J. Ar nold and Co., cabriolet proprietors—R. Jones and Son, common brewers, Liverpool—T. Drinkwater and W. James, painters, Glou cester—R. Hallett and Co., tailors, Broad-street, Ratcliffe, so far as regards the said R. Hallett—J. Atkinson and J. Whitwell, car pet-manufacturers, Kendal, Westmoreland—G. and H. Evans, saddlers, Southampton—L. and 11. Wyatt, bargemasters, Oxford—. J. and J. N. Highmore, woolstaplers, Preston Plucknett, Somer setshire—E. Turner and Co. engineers, Leeds (as far as regards I'. 13e11)—T. and H. K. Willacy, painters, Livorpool—T. and A. C. Branson, attorneys, Sheffield, Yorkshire—J. and R. Barnicot, haberdashers, Ludgate-hill—J. Hetherington and R. A. Jordan, linendrapers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J. Thornton and T. Chap man, cloth dressers, Manchester—J. Hinchcliff and W. Lowe, woollendrapers, Chester—J. and H. Pumphrey, drapers, Brorn yard—W. Cowley and C. Armstrong, joiners, Liverpool—J. Oridge, sen., and J. Oridge, jun., drapers, Marylebone-street— W. and G. Stoker, farmers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne--W. I. and C. Clayton, grocers, Great Dunmow, Essex—J. and A. Lockwood, clothiers, Fulstone Hall, Yorkshire—J. Smith an d T. Th ea k ston , grocers, Boroughbridge, Yorkshire—lf, and F. Franklin, coach makers, Exeter—A. James and R. Nelson, milliners, Carlisle—J. Wells and M. Hart, upholsterers, Regent-street—A. A. Mence and Co., milliners, Newgate-street—R. Burgess and J. Mitchell, silkmen, Prestbury, Cheshire—A. and E. C. Harding, school mistresses, Abingdon, Berkshire—J. Jones and H. Taylor, retail wine dealers, Chester—S. Rixon and Co., glass manufacturers, Cockspur-street, Pall-mall East. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. CAMPBELL, STEVENSON, and CO., merchants, Glasgow, Feb. 19 and March 5, at two, at the Black Bull Hotel, Glasgow. THOMAS CRUIKSHANK, mail contractor, Aberdeen, Feb. 17 and March 3, at twelve, at the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aberdeen. During the whole of the protracted snow-storm, the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway has been kept open, and the coaches have plied regularly, and never lost a trip. Scotsman. Immense masses of floating ice are still encountered by the steam packets on the French and Flemish coasts, and it has been with great difficulty that they could make their way through it. Some of them have had the copper rubbed off their bottoms in consequence. —Dov er Chronicle. In consequence of the gradual rise on the price of wheat for several weeks past, the bakers, who have been re tailing the 41b. loaf at 7d., have found it necesiary to raise the price to id. ready money, and Sd. credit, above a month. —Scotsman. Medical men state that innumerable complaints to s•liich persons are subject during the winter are not the etfccts the cold, but are produced by the use of stoves, the heat of which it is difficult to regulate. The air of a room in which a stove is used becomes at length completely dry, unless care be taken to keep up the supply of moisture by havin , constantly in the room a vesse l fill e d w i th water. From then air becoming dry, the cells of the lungs become ultimately deprived of their necessary fluid, the skin of the face and hands become heated, and head-ache ensues.— Gulignani's Messenger. We regret to learn that letters have reached London innouncing the death of Lord George Hervey, which took place at Pau, in the Pyrenees, on the ad instant, The Mar chioness of Bristol, and three of her Ladyship's sons, in cluding Lord Wm. Hervey, the British Secretary of Legation it Madrid, were in attendance upon Lord George at the close a long illness, borne with exemplary patience and Christian fortitude, LONGFORD ELECTION COMMITTEE. The vote of Nicholas Corcoran was then objected to by the petitioners, on the ground that he had parted with his free hold. The case had not been decided when the Cornmitte ad journed. ROXBURGH ELECTION COMMITTEE. had been stated by the other witnesses. He stated, in addition, that in endeavouring to rescue the last witness he had him_ self been pushed into the water. In reply to questions from Mr. Sergeant MEHEWETHER, the witness said that he had been sworn in along with other con stables. Did not recollect Bailie Goodfellow giving them orders not to wear any party colours. In point of fact, none of them had worn colours ; saw Bailie Goodfellow frequently, but cannot recollect ever having seen him wear colours. To the LORD-ADVOCATE—The mob conducted themselves in a very tumultuous manner. Saw no attack made on any of Mr. Elliott's voters. Robert Burgess stated, that he lived in Haa ick. Remem bers the mail-coach coming into the town the night before the polling commenced. The crowd surrounded it when it stopped, and called out Mr. Homes's name, saying they would kill him. They got Mr. Berwick into their hands, and struck him. Witness interfered to save hiai, and was himself assaulted. Had great difficulty in getting him into the inn. Saw several assaults committed on Mr. Scutt's voters on the first day of polling. The mob was very violent. Witness was sworn in a constable, and was stationed at the Tower doors. Heard them utter threats towards the voters who were inside. Did not think it would be safe for them to venture out. Cross-examined—There were a good many constables sworn in with witness. There were more than thirty of them sta tioned between the Tower door and the booth, to protect the voters going in. John Turnbull stated that he was a stocking manufacto:;. r. was working with Mr. P e t er Wil son , at flawick-, d - uring the laelection. There were about thirty lads working in the drop with him. Whilst at work, heard conversation that was going on two days before the 2.lection. The approaching election was the subject Mr. AUSTIN-`vas any thing said as to the part which they were to take at the election? Mr.. Sergeant MEREWETIII/R objected to the question. Until it assumed something of the character of legal evi dence—until his Learned Friend was able to cite some autho rity for the course. he was now pursuing, he would content himself with simply objecting to it. Mr. AUSTIN said that the - allegation in the petition was, that the election, was void, because of the rioting which had taken place, and surely it was most important. to that issue that they should have the evidence of the conversation, in order to hive a character to those riots, to show that they were pre meditated and planned for some days previous to the election. Unless the Committee were determined to shut out the truth, he apprehended they were bound to admit the evidence. Mr. Sergeant MEREWETIIER contended that even if the question were a legal one, which it was uot, the evidence could not be received until it were first proved that the parties who held this conversation were in some way or other connected with the sitting Member, or that they had even polled at the election. The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee were of opinion the question ought not to be put. Mr. AUSTIN said that he would wish to have a resolution of the Committee to that effect ; and the loom was accordingly ordered to be cleared, On our re-admissic,n, a formal resolution was read by the Chairman, to the effect before verbally stated. •Mr. SNIITII observed, that the resoiution would have the effect of shutting out a good deal of the evidence for the petitioner. Rutherford Shields was then called, and stated that he was a farmer, living near Hawick. Attempted to go to the poll, but was met by three men, who told him that if ho attempted to vote he would be torn to pieces. Was frightened by this, and returned home. Did not make any other attempt to poll. Cross-examined—Saw constables, but made no application t t h o e th s e al m no to w i a ) y ro l t i c e c e t a hm Saw m i e. . \vas no person notmole ttateadbcked yany . o Nnt back one. 'They cried out " Tory, Tory," but that was all. Had not previ ous l y he e a( d le up did dno h t his mean i td I t to not to, vote, as his le N as e e ve w r to as l n d o Na a V r lter Wilson that out. John Brown, son of the landlord of the Tower Inn, was next examined, and stated that he remembered the arrival of the coach the evening before the polling commenced. Saw Mr. Berwick in the hands of the mob. Made an attempt to assist him, but could not do so, as the mob would not let him go near him. Mr. Bewick seemed greatly exhausted, and when witness succeeded in getting him into the inn, he appeared much agitated, and complained of the bruises which he had received. Nearly all the window s in the inn were broken that evening. Mr. Oliver and Mr. Home ordered horses to go out to Jedburgh that evening, but the order was coun termanded, as it was considered dangerous to go out on horse back. They then ordered a chaise, but witness would not aw nd p s e b a eo t a : ri i i a n s ot t no h a e t f l r l ll i t d n fi .: ts r ot but the e voters. Cross-examined —Lord John Scott and Mr. Home left the give them one, as h Inn in one of the chaises about six o'clock, on the evening of the consta bles Scott's round Committeediitthe oit,iaop, second day. Several of the voter s went away after. Could only see the constables from the west-end of the inn. The mail is not in the habit of driving into the inn-yard. To Mr. AUSTIN —The chaises iu which Lord John Scott and the voters left did not depart until after the poll closed. The mail did not stop where it usually stopped. Angus Barton was next examined, and stated that To the Loan ADVOCATE—The booth in a great measure Castletown. He arrived in Havvick by the prevented it from stopping in its usual place. 'clock in the morning of the first day as amongst the fist who polled. Deter mined to leave the same evening by the mail, but was afraid to do so in consequence of the rioting which ho saw. Observed from the windows of the Tower inn several of Mr. Scott's voters attacked ; saw several who had been assaulted m before the poll, amongst whom Was Mr. Scott, of Wood feali hhe ae polling.tdß e four" at.n house. While witness was looking out of the Tower win dows, stones were th rown at hi m ; every ti me h e l oo k e d out, this was repeated. Th omas Ilill, a parishi oner o f hi s , an d a very old man, near eigh t y , to gether with Mit c h e ll an d Ni c h o ll, also old men and parishioners of hi s , were attac k e d b y the mob, their clothes torn, a n d t h e i r persons a b used. After the close of the poll on the fi rs t d a y, h e h ear d Admiral Elliott addressing the mob. Heard him congratulate them on their prospects of success. Ile said they had received great provocation, but that they ought to observe moderation to- wards their opponents. He recommended them to go home quietly, and that there w ou ld be no doubt of the result. Dur ing the evening, at the close of the poll, the mob appeared very much excited. There were some other clergymen in the i nn beside witness. There were the Rev. Messrs. Strachan, Nelson, and Robinson. They were electors, but did not poll, as they appeared afraid to venture out. Mr. Strachan seemed very anxious to go home, but was dissuaded front it by his medical attendant, and by witness. Saw Mr. Oliver in the hands of the mob. During the night there was great confusion in the street, and the gentlemen in the inn were in groat alarm lest t he mob should break in. It was proposed to arm the persons in the inn, in consequence of their want of confidence in the constables ; but it was not carried into effect, as there was no magistrate amongst them. There were several of witness's parishioners in the inn; saw the military come into the town immediately after the close of the poll : witness left the inn in a.chaise, with some other gentlemen, on their arri val; the military were in the streets, but notwithstanding that the door of the chaise was opened, and an attempt was made to pull one of the gentlemen out, but it failed. The direct examination of the witness being concluded, and it being now t wenty minutes to four o'clock', the Committee adjourned to eleven o'clock to morrow morning. e regret to hear that Lord Stanley is suffering under a most painful disorder. His Lordship has been afflicted with purulent gatherings, or abscesses, in his legs and thighs to such an extent, and of such a character, as to excite con siderable alarm ; but we understand that the accounts received yesterday and on Miday from Knowsley, where Lord Stanley now is, are highly favourable.—Sunday Paper. Charles Kemble, accompanied by his daughter, Miss Adelaide Kemble, left town last Tuesday evening for Paris, where, we understand, most advantageous offers have been made to Miss Kemble to perform in the grand opera. This young lady received her musical education under the im mediate su perintendence of Rossini, in the French capital ; and during a very extended tow in Germany last year, in the society of her father, attracted, in various fashionable soirees, universal admiration, by the power and brilliancy of her vocal accomplishments. On Sunday morning a carol with a new-born child in it was found exposed in the Oanopgate Burying -ground, having been dropped over the wall durin - g Lurglt Couranc, • Lord AIRLIE presented a petition from the town of Witham, in Essex, praying their Lordships to put an end to Negro Apprenticeship on or before the 3d of August next. Lord IL CH E STE R presented petitions from the town of Bridgwater, and from congregations assembling in different chapels in Sonicrsetshire, praying for the immediate abolition of Negro Slavery ; also a petition from the Poor-law Union of Axminster, praying for an alteration in the Beer Act. Mr. BERNAL and others brought up Joint Stock Banking Companies' Bill. Lord ELLENBOROUG II said it might be very neee: o. sary this Bill should pass, but it brought tr . -“' Lters of a very serious nature under their Lort' ilips , Ile would venture to suggest i‘nat their Lordships pro ceed with this Bill until the; ha : , consideration. some facts before them, showing the evil that w~• their arise from the circumstance of • ' not passing this Bill, which had been sent 1",:y the Commons. Probably the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack might turn his attention to it. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that their Lordships had the fact before them, that the Court of Exchequer had decided that the fact of any clergyman being a member of those Joint Stock Establishments rendered such establishments invalid. If such a circumstance was to affect those Joint Stock Com panies or banking concerns, so as to render them invalid, the House would readily perceive the extent of mischief that must accrue to society if this Bill did not pass. He hoped their Lordships would at once, therefore, let the Bill proceed. The Bill was then read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday next. The Marquis of L A NSD 0 WNE presented a petition from Chipping Wycombe, praying for the immediate abolition o Slavery. The House then adjourned to Thursday. - HOUSE OF com - Afoivs, F. 13. In consequence of the ballots for the Belfast and Peters field Election C';;Jmtnittees, the gallery was not opened for strangers twenty-five minutes to five o'clock. We then I "2—lerstood that the petition against the return for Bridgenorth, (a ballot upon which was also fixed for this evening), had been withdrawn. PRIVATE BILLS. Several petitions were presented for, and reports brought up upon Private Bills, but from the confusion in the House, we could not catch the particulars of one. There were at the time much more than 500 Members present. Sir S. W H ALL EY presented a petition from Nlarylebone, the object of which we could not hear, owing to the noise and confusion in the House; we think it was against the repaving of Oxford- street. It was referred to the Committee on Pri vate Bills. NEW POOR-LAW. An HON. MEMBER on the Oppos;tion side of the House pre sented a petition, sshich he said was deserving of the attention of the House hi a more than ordinary degree. It was from the town of Leicester, and signed by 33 of the most respect able gentlemen of the town, twelve of them resident clergy. The petitioners stated that they were the Committee of the Leicester General Provident and Benevolent Society, the ob ject of which was to distribute funds raised by voluntary sub scription for the relief of the distressed manufacturers during the late commercial embarrassments: that they had had op portunities of witnessing the operation of the New Poor Law, and that they considered various of its provisions injurious and oppressive. They prayed the House that power might be given to the Poor Law Guardians in the manufacturing districts, to grant temporary out-door relief to persons unable to obtain em ployment. Although he had been himself a supporter of the present Poor-law, and was opposed to any modification of it, he nevertheless thought this petition deserving the special atten tion of the House. [About this time (five o'clock) the House was lighted up, in the usual manner, by wax candles.] Lord EBR.INGTON brought up the Report of the Com mittee on Standing Orders. BELFAST ELECTION. The Clerk of the Committee appeared at the bar, with the reduced list of the Members appointed to try the merits of the Belfast Election petition. The Clerk called over the names as follows :—Launcelot Rolleston, H. Logan, P. W. M. Miles, W. B. Hughes, H. Milford, Lord Viscount Villiers, W. L. W. Chute, Lord Viscount Grimstone, Richard Jefferson Eaton, Horace St. Paul—Tories. Lord Alfred H. Paget— Liberal Mr. HOLLAND presentod a petition from 339 electors of Grinstead, praying for:Vote by Ballot. Mr. PARKER presented a petition from Sheffield to the same effect .• and one frcm Leamington, complaining of the high rate of postage. Petitions were presented by several other Hon. Members, but the noise in the body of the House prevented our hearing the name of the place whence they came, or their purport. Lord CLEMENTS presented several petitions from dif ferent parts of Ireland, praying for a Reform in the Tithe System of that country. Mr. SANFORD presented a petition from Somerset against the Negro Apprenticeship system. DORCHESTER LABOURERS. Mr. WARD presented a petition from Sheffield, complain ing of the conduct of her Majesty's Government, in having allowed so long a period to elapse before measures were taken for the return of the Dorchester labourers to this coui,t - y; and praying for a Committee to inquire into the cause of that extraordinary delay.--( Cries of " Hear, hear, hear.") As he (Mr. W.) observed the Under Secretary for the Colonies in his place, lie trusted that he would be enabled to give some account of' the cause of that delay. Sir G. G REY said that no delay whatever had taken place in carrying into effect the intentions of her Majesty's Govern ment, which had been announced some tints back. In 1836 the pardon of the different prisoners had been sent out to the Colonies. He could only account for the delay in their re turn upon the ground which so frequently occurred, that they found that they were enabled to do much better for themselves in that country than they could in England. Mr. WA RD had anothert petition to present, to which he entreated the attention of the House, as it, in some mea sure, impugned the conduct of one of the Hon. Members of the House. The petitioner was Mr. C. E. Smith, who stated that he was a candidate at thelate election for Pontefract, which borough he had represented on a former occasion. Ho stated that it had ling been the practice in that borough for the can didate to give 3/. 3s. for a split vote, and 61. Os. for a plumper. He had upon former occasions complied with the custom ; but that in 1831 he refused to represent the borough cm the same terms, and was defeated. At the last election he stood upon pure principles—h e refused to conform to the custom, and he was again defeated. He had been told by many during the progress of the election that the rent of houses was greatly raised in consequence of the practice alluded to, and many of the voters would readily give up the practice of receiving head money, if the landlords would reduce their rents. He prayed for a Committee of Inquiry into the whole system of bribery, and before that Committee he would prove the allegations contained in his petition, with a view to the intro dection into that borough of Household Suffrage and the Vote by Ballot. Mr. M I L NE S believed that if he were anxious to bring forward reasons why the petition should not be presented at all--why it should not appear upon the Journals of that House, he thought he would have no difficult task; but he preferred acquiescing in the printing of the petition, at the same time asking leave of the House to make a few remarks upon it. He, for one, could have no o)jection to the fullest inquiry into the sub• ject, having individually upon no occasion given head-money. He begged the House to remark that the petition came for ward under two aspects—in one it brought Is holesale allegations against the individuals whom he had the honour to represent, and in the other it was one of those petitions against the Reform Bill which ern7nated so very freely from the other side of the House. —( Hear, hear, and laughter.) The House was per fectly aware that the Reform Act reserved a life-interest to the scot and lot voters. And those voters had been reduced since the Reform Bill from 800 to below 400, and the petition now before them was invidiously and unjistly silent with respect to that. Any one hearing the allegations of that petition would suppose that the whole constituency of Pontefract had received head-money.—( Hear, hear.) One of the allegations in the petition was, that the petitioner bad lest his election in consequence of refusing to give head money. 'The SPEAKER said that if the Hon. Member wished to go into the whole merits of the question, a day was fixed on which he might do so.—(Cries of " Hear" from the Minis terial Benches.) Mr. MILNE S felt very much the inconvenience of troubling the House at that moment ; but ha did not like the petition going abroad on the Journals of the House, without being allowed to say something no the subject, and his remarks would be as short as possible.-- (Cries of " Order, order.") Sir Culling Smith had de clared that his election filed because he did not give bead ,c,oney ; hut he (Mr. Milnes) could tell hove it was his election had failed. Sir Cullime ;irnith first went dean to Pontefract under c l ikiit:er;Ative principles and Conservative bannes, and he was then elected. In 1833 he went dean unfier Radical principles and Radical colows, and very naturally; therefore, he •, - as not ( ol,ected,—( Cheers from the Opposition )—and lAE‘d given -head-money, or whatever he might,,bakje otterA, %bare \VOA no probability of Sir C. S m ith 00rig into Ilarlitunent for P on t e f r act.--( Renewed clicTriAg. tupposed they would soon have the Dtkli .9 A 4 4 , witoaded PETERSFIELD ELECTION COMMITTEE. The Cl rk at the table read (from the revised list) the names of the Election Committee balloted for upon the petition against the return for Peter:field, as follow : 11. J. Winnington, W. Turner, S. White, C. C. Casen dish, R. M. Bellew, .1. E. Wein) ss, J. Maher, W. Wilkins, and J. Ramsbottom—Liberals. Lord Viscount Northland and J. S. Blackburne—Tories. PENSION LIST. Sir SAMUEL WHALLEY rose to bring forward hi! motion fixed for this evening —that the name of D. W, Hare vey, Esq., should be added to the Select Committee upon the Pension List. Before he proceeded, he begged to put a uest , Lion to any Member of the Government; but the Hon. hem, ber was interrupted by Mr. F. FRENCH, who said that he had the precedencot of the Hon. Member for Marylebone, inasmuch as /10 h 11.4 4 Mot tion respecting a Breach of Privilege. Sir S. WHA LLE Y gave way. Mr. FRENCH then said that be had thought, In w ee . quence of the decision in a case brought forward b' . t h e li on. , Member for C arr i c kf ergus, that his proposed tneetion would be acceded to as a matter of course, as it Was founded on the circumstance that some of' the names to a petition wore forged. But as be und ers t oo d t h at it was the intention of some tlemen to oppose th e mot i on, he should be obliged to takgeenws the time of the Hou se b y re f erring to precedents in support of ht.' l s o u motion. Three petiti ons h a d b een presented, complai- r ' g f ii n i the a e undue return for th e b oroug h of Sligo ; the one in `.vhc l ler, but t r h ' e a cognize:ices had been p er f ecte d was from Jobe' Ty sitting Member could, if allowed to do to, bring evil to prove that Tyler had hi mse lf e a rn i tted the signature to his petition purporting to be his, was not in his hen - n_w e iti n e. Now, in 1689, the House had, come to a leesoltition that the names of petitioners should be affixed t o their petitions in their own hand-writing. The Ho r. :se had steadily adhered to that precedent, and had units- may rejected every petition not so signed, both befot , e e- A . the passing of the Grenville sated, I s e, e d s i nce.of . ~..orc the passing that Act, it was the Testoin of the House to hear evidence at the bar, or to refer the case to the Committee of Privileges appointed at the com mencement of the Session.—( Hear, hear.) Since the passing of the Act, the House had invariably, on application calling in question the authenticity of the signature to an elec tion petition, referred the matter to a Select Committee. He (Mr. F.) would first refer to precedents before the passing of the Grenville Act. He could only find two cases prior to that period. One was the case of Mr. Burgess (as we under stood), 17th Vol. of the Journals. In that case the name of a petitioner had not been affixed to the petition in his own:hand writing. The petition was rejected by the House, without even a division. The next case to which he would refer them, was that of Colonel Erskine. A petition was presented from this gentle man against the return for the borough of Stirling, and notice having b een t a k en t h at it was not signed by th petitioner, it was ordered that it be referred to the Committee of Privileges. . It was hardly necessary for him to tell the House, that at the time this petition was presented, which was in March, 1730, these petitions were always decided by tire Committee of Privileges. In referring Colonel Erskine's Ew...:alOn to the Committee, it was moved as an instruction to them, that they should examine the manner in which it was signed. The Committee found that the petition had not been duly signed by Colonel Erskine, and on the fith of March, it was ordered to be discharged. There was next tl:c case of Lord Barrymore. A petition was presented from the Borough of Abingdon, stating that the petition lodged by him against the return for that Borough, had not been signed by Lord Barrymore himself. A gentleman, named Harvey, who had signed the petition by the direction and in the name of Lord Barrymore, and the petitioner himself, were exa mined before the Committee on the subject ; and although Lord Barrymore stated that Mr. Harvey had signed the petition for him, : and that it was his petition, the House ordered it to be discharged.—(llear, hear.) On the 12th of April, 1735, a petition was presented from certain electors of Bristol, setting forth the surprise which they felt at a petition which had been presented from that town, which professed to be signed with their names. On the 7th of April, the petition was by leave withdrawn. The next case was that of Nicholas Robinson, of Wootton Basset, on the 2d of December, 1742. That petition was not signed by the p e ti t i oner, and on the 10th of December it was ordered by the House that Mr. Robinson be at liberty to withdraw his petition. It was not necessary for him to go on with these precedents._(Hear.) lie would now come to the passing of the Grenville Act, since which a more strin gent enforcement of the law of Parliament in respect to the signine of petitions had taken place, and it had been held a breach of the privileges of the House for any person to affix the signature of another. The resolution of November, 1689, vas, that it was highly unwarrantable, and a breach of the privileges of the House for any person to affix the sig. nature of any other person to be presented to the House. The next case to which he would refer were those of the 31 June, 1784, complaining of the return for Bristol, and the petition of John Moxon on the 28th June, 1819, regarding the case of John Burton, a Member of the House im prisoned for debt. On the Ist of December, 1826, a petition was presented from Athlone, which was referred to a Select Committee, which reported that certain signatures attached to the petition were not genuine, and they considered that Thomas Flannagan was cognizant of the forgery. Another case was on the 15th November, 1830, when a petition was pre sented from Carrickfergus against the return of Lord G. Hill. They stated that the petition was signed by certain persons, and a Committee was ordered to report upon it. In that case there were two petitions, the one of which was perfectly regu lar, and upon which the Committee decided that Lord Hill was duly elected, but a Committee was appointed to inquire into the alleged forgeries ; and in neither of the cases of Ath lone or Carrickfergus had the House hesitated in appointing the Committee. They decided that petitions so circum stanced affected the privileges of that House ; and he lied yet to learn what reasons could be urged by hit Honourable and Gallant Friend in opposition to the motion eith which he vas about to conclude. Ho certainly did not anticipate any opposition from the Hon. Member for Oxford, by whom the petition in the Carrickfergus case had been brought under the consideration of the house ; and, he must add, that he did not anticipate any objection from the Right Hon. Member for Merionethshire, or the Right Honourable Baronet, the Member for Tamworth, by whom he had been supported. He should conclude by moving, that a Select Committee be appointed to examine into the mariner of signing the petition against the return for the Borough of Sligo, and report to the House thereupon. Colonel PERCE VAL felt it his duty to move an amend ment to the motion of his lion. Friend the Member fur Ros common, riot for the purpose of stifling the inquiry, or that he had the slightest doubt that the petition was signed by the parties whose names were attached to it.--( Hear. ) He was induced to adopt that course for the purpose of preventing the great inconvenience and injury which would result to certain parties connected with the case. It was his intention to move, as an amendment, that the parties be called to the bar of the house and examined upon oath, and it would then be for the House to de cide upon the course it should adopt.—((pear, hear.) He must he permitted to express his regret that his Honourable Friend, the Member for the County of Ros common, had not given him due notice of his inten tion to present the present petition, and the objects which it had in view. If he had done so, he (Colonel P.) could lure produced at the Bar of the House the three gentle men whose names were said to have been forged to the peti tion. It was true that the Hon. Member had stated to him ( Col. P.) that it was his intention to present a petition, but he did not state what its object was. He therefore could not but complain, as Member for Sligo, that it had not been made known to hint what the object of the petition was.—( Hear, hear.) He could not but say that the pe tition was brought forward at the eleventh hour, for the purpose of stifling that inquiry which was about to take place. The petition was presented on the 13th, when it was well known that the Committee was to sit on the 15th j and if the prayer of the present petition was granted, what would be the consequence ? Why, that the witnesses who were to give evidence before that Committee would be kept in town at a very great expense. Ile was an advocate for the most extended justice, but he would ask whether it was justice at the eleventh hour to come forward with a petition praying fur a Select Committee. He would be enabled, if he was per.. mitted, to show, by the testimony of a respectable professional gentleman iir Dublin, Mr. Moffat, at whose desk Tyler tsigned. the petition, that that signature was genuine. Ti d e lion, and Gallant Member concluded by moving as an amendment, that the parties who had signed the petition be forthwith called and examined at the bar. Mr. F. FRENCH assured the House and his lion. and Gallant Friend that the petition only came into his hands yesterday at four o'clock ; and he had given all the notice in his power. Colonel PE R CEVA L had not intended to cast theti slightest imputation upon his Hon. Friend, Mr. WARBURTON quite agreed with the Honourable and Gallant Member for Sl. go, that it would be the better mode of settling the business to hear witnesses at tire bar. He understood that the petitioner contended that none of the signatures to the petition were genuine —if it was proved that even cue was so, he would hold that the petition was valid. He however thought that the petitioner was the party to begin, and he should be asked whether he was prepared witli evidence to prove his allegations. Sir ROBERT INGLIS said, that as reference had been made to the Carrickfergus petition, he would mention what he believed to have been the state of the House on that occa sion. In 1830 a petition was presented, complaining of an undue return for the borough of Carrickfergus. The House agreed that that petition should be taken into consideration on a future day ; and on the 16th of December, he ( Sir R. Inglis) presented a petition from the sitting Member, stating that a number of signatures to the pe tition, against his return had been forged, and praying that the allegations might be inquired into, and that the petition against the return might be forthwith discharged. The House conceded the first part of the prayer, but refused the second. In the present instance the House was called upon to avoid a Select Committee, by hearing evidence at the bar, Tile amendment of his Hon. and Gallant Friend was a eery simple one, namely, that an individual be called upon at the Bar, to swear that he saw the greater number of the persons whose names were annexed to the petition actually sign it. If the petition were signed by one person only, it would he as good as if it were signed by 30. He did not think th,t there was any reason why the inquiry should be post poned, inasmuch as sufficient evidence was at hand, and. could he pr o duced at the Bar at once. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that all parties seemed agreed that the subject matter of the com plaint was such, that the Ileetse was bound to inquire into it. 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